Bottle-valve.



No. 772,269. PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904.

R. B. BAILEY. BOTTLE VA LVE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1904. N0 MODEL.

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Q vitueaom a bottle, from which projects a neck 2, said sition cannot be removed without destroying UNITED STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

ROBERT B. BAILEY, OF

HAMMETT, ARKANSAS.

BOTTLE-VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,269, dated October 11, 1904.

Application filed March 1, 190A.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT B. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ham: mett, in the county of Clay and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Valves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottles; and its primary object is to provide a new and improved valve which is adapted to effectually prevent the surreptitious filling of the bottle after its original contents have been withdrawn, thereby obviating all liability of a counterfeit article being disposed as the original.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a valve which may be readily applied to a bottle of any description without materially altering the construction of the bottle and which after being inserted in applied pothe bottle. I

A still further object of the invention is to provide a valve which is cheap of construction, durable and efiicient, and composed of few parts so arranged as not to be liable to become inoperative.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred form of my invention, and in whioh,

Figure l is acentral vertical section through a bottle-neck equipped with a valve constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a similar view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates the upper portion of neck having a recess extending clear around the inner face thereof, as indicated'by 3 in. the drawings.

A casing& is adapted to be mounted within the neck of the bottle and is designed to contain two valves, one situated above the other. The upper valve is buoyant to prevent the refilling of the bottle while partially or fully inverted, as the said valve will readily and- Serial No. 196,060. (No model.)

standing right side up, and thereby cut olf the entrance to the bottle and defeat any attempt to refill the bottle while in an inclined or upright position. The casing 4 may be constructed from any suitable non-corrosive material and is of a width sufficient to snugly fit-within the neck of the bottle. casing is provided with a recess 5, adapted to receivea spring locking member 6, so construeted that it may be readily drawn within the recess 5 to permit of the insertion of the casing within the neck and to quickly expand when therecess 5 is alined with the recess 3, so that a portion of said locking member is adapted to lie within the recesses 3 and 5 to effectually lock the casing from removal after it has once been inserted in applied position without destroying the neck of the bottle. The casing has its upper end closed. and projecting beyond the upper edge of the. bottleneck. The sides of said projecting portion are provided with ports 7, through which the contents of the bottle may be readily decanted. 'Said extension is also provided with screwthreads adapted to be engaged by the threaded portion of a cap 8, whereby said ports may be closed to preserve the contents of the bottle. The casing is also provided with a flange 9, adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the bottle-neck, and interposed between the bottle-neck and the casing directly beneath said flange is a packing 10, of any suitable material, to make the bottle air-tight at this point. The lower end of the casing is provided with a valve-seat 11, adapted to receive a gravitating valve 12, which is constructed from any heavy non-corrosive material. A guard 13 is secured above said valve 12 to limit its movement to obviate all liability of its becoming inoperative, and said guard comprises wires having their extremities embedded in the easing and crossing each other at a point about their transverse centers. A casing at a point above the valve-seat 11 is provided with another valve seat 14, adapted to receive a buoyant valve 15, which may be constructed 1 The - drawings.

It is apparent from the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I provide a device which will effectually prevent the refilling of the bottle after its original contents have been withdrawn, that the same may be readily and quickly inserted in applied position within the neck of the bottle after the bottle has been filled, and that by the application of the cap 8 and the packing 10 the contents of the bottle are protected from the atmosphere.

It is presumed that the operation of the device isapparent from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings. Therefore a further. extended description of its operation is deemed unnecessary.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a bottle, of a casing situated within the neck of said bottle and comprising separable sections, the lower end of said casing being provided with a valveseat, a gravitating valve adapted to normally occupy said seat, a valve-seat comprising a plate clamped between said sections and situated above the first-named valve-seat, a buoyant valve adapted to normally occupy the last-mentioned valve-seat, and guards situated above said valves and comprising wires having their ends embedded within the casing and crossing each other at points adjacent their transverse centers.

2. The combination with a bottle, of avalvecasing situated within the neck of said bottle and having its upper end closed and projecting above said bottle-neck, the upper end of said casing having ports located within its sides, a cap adapted to be removably secured to the upper end of the casing to close said ports, a flange secured to the casing and adaptedto engage the upper edge of the bottlen'eck,a packing secured between the bottleneck and the casing directly under the flange, and valves mounted within said casing.

3. The combination with a bottle, of a casing located within the neck thereof and having its upper end closed and projecting above said bottle-neck, said casing comprising separable sections, ports located within the sides of the upper portion of the casing, a cap adapted to normally close said port, flanges secured to the casing and to engage the upper edge of the bottle-neck, a packing interposed between the bottle-neck and casing, a valveseat located within the lower end of said casing, a gravitating valve normally occupying said seat, a valve seat comprising a plate clamped between the two sections and situated above the first-named valve-seat, a buoyant valve adapted to normally occupy the lastnamed valve-seat, guards secured above said valves and comprising wires having their ends embedded in the casing and crossing each other at points adjacent their transverse centers, and means for securing the casing within the neck of the bottle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT B. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

W. E. LYNCH, MAE PARKs. 

